Improvement in carriage-seats



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l Letters .Patent No. 95,466, dated October 5, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAG-IE-SlEiAilS.l

Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of .the same.

To all whomv it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON P. GRAHAM, of Columbus, in thc county of Franklin, and State ot' Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oarriage-Body and Seats; and I do -hereby 'declare that the following is a full and complete description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which-- Figure l is a side View of a carriage-body and seat.

-Figure 2, a view of the top.v

Figures 3 and 4, detached sections.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views presented.

Ihis invention relates toa carriage-seat, which is constructed of wood and sheet-metal, by the combination of' which materials a strong, light, and durable structure is obtained; and

It consists in the special construction of the sea :nid the parts which compose -the seat.

In iig. 2, A represents thel sills of the body, which are constructed ot' wood in the ordinary Way.

l B, `indicated by the dotted lines, is a cross beam, supported by the standards C, also indicated by dotted lines in iig. l.

Said beam and standard, together with the front standards D, support the seat, andwhich, together with the sills referred to, make up the frame-work of the carriage.

To said traine-work is attached the sides or panels E of the body, said panels being constructed of thin sheet-iron, the sides and back being one entire piece,

and bolted or otherwise secured to the frame in a strong and substantial manner.

rlhe sides and back may consist of several pieces, in which case they are joined by any ordinary lockjoint, or by riveting the sections together.

rIhe upper or top panel, in the rear of the seat, is connected to the sides by an ordinary folding or lock.- `joint. i v

A body thus constructed is not only much lighter than one made entirely of wood, but it is also much stronger and more durable, as it cannot warp and crack by exposure and usage.

The seat is constructed in like manner of wood and sheet-metal, the bottom, 'F, being wood, and the back and sides- F sheet-metal, and which consists of one entire piece, or it maybe made up in sections, if so desired, as described of the body.

The back and sides are secured to the bottom by being bolted thereto, around the lower edge and to l H,the upright section which forms the corner of the seat,'is made concave on the inner side, and con- Vex on the outer, thereby forming. a smooth rounded edge to the corners of the seat, and to which they are riveted in a neat and'permancnt manner. i Said corner-irons Vnot only serve to attach the back to the bottom of the seat, but also addto the strength' of the seat, by reaching out on to the bottom and up the side as anangleiron, and at the same time answer the place of handles,V to assist the riders into the car- J g. 4, represents a handle or corner-iron, in which is formed a groove orl channel, e, for the admission of the ends of the se'at-backthereby Idispensing with the use of rivets, as is -required on using that shown in fig. 3. 4

It will be observed that the upper edge ofthe seat. back is turned over, forming aflange-'like projection or rim, H, to the under side'ofwhich is attached an iron fillet, I, fig. 1, when the flange is bent around and n nderneath the fillet, holding'the iillet firmly in its-place. A portion ofthe side of the seat is represented as being broken away, in order that'it maybe seen..l -Said' fillet is for the purpose of strengthening and 'giving greater sti'ness to .the back, thereby adding to lthe strength, durability, and more perfect -inish of the seat, which maybe used on either wood or. iron bodies without regard to the peculiar construction of said bodies.

In the construction of the above-described body and F, bottom E, handle and angle-iron G, flange Hand fillet I, all constructed in the manner substantially as described.

2. The fillet I, in combination with therhn H ofy the seat-back, substantially as and' for the purpose specified.

3. The combined handle and double-corneriron G, constructed with or without'a groove, e, as :and for the purpose set forth. I

- SIMON P. GRAHAM.

Witnesses: y

W. H. BURnlDGn, J. H. Brummen. 

